To adumbrate is to describe something incompletely, or to suggest future events based on limited current knowledge.

Augury is the process or art of reading omens about the future through specific ceremonies.

A decadent person has low moral standards and is more interested in pleasure than serious matters.

When a dead body is disinterred it is dug up out of the ground.

To divulge something is to reveal information that was once private or secret.

If you elucidate something you make it easier to understand by giving more relevant information.

When you envisage something you imagine or consider its future possibility.

Exegesis is a detailed explanation or interpretation of a piece of writing, especially a religious one.

To explicate an idea or plan is to make it clear by explaining it.

If you fathom something complicated or mysterious you are able to understand it.

If an idea or thought is incisive it is expressed both clearly and briefly, and demonstrates real understanding of related issues.

Ineffable refers to something that is so impressive and beautiful that you cannot describe it in words.

Something that is mediocre is just average or adequate in quality.

Something that is mundane is very ordinary and not interesting or exciting, especially because it happens very often.

To obfuscate something is to make it deliberately unclear, confusing, and difficult to understand.

If you say something is opaque it means that it is either difficult to understand or is not transparent.

Someone who demonstrates perspicacity notices or understands things very quickly.

To presage a future event is to give a sign or warning that something (usually) bad is about to happen.

To prognosticate is to predict or forecast something.

Something that is quotidian is done on a daily basis.

A revelation is the disclosure of information once secret that is often surprising or valuable.

If you are in a state of tedium it means that you are bored.

Something that is transcendent not only surpasses all others in quality, achievement, or significance, but exceeds normal limits or boundaries.

A wastrel is a lazy person who wastes time and money.

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Noun

epiphany

i-PIF-uh-nee

Context

Amira was walking down the street one morning when she experienced a sudden moment of clarity or epiphany about her life: she was unhappy because she chose unhappiness. That deep epiphany or moment of understanding altered her life in previously unimagined ways, with the result that she became a very happy and cheerful woman. She often joked that if someone were to draw a cartoon of that day, he or she would have to indicate her epiphany by drawing a lightning bolt striking from the blue.

Memory Hook

HandyPipe I suppose that one way to get an instant epiphany is to smoke that handypipe of yours, but that doesn't really count.

Examples

I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends.
— Moby

The series is the result of a church-pew epiphany in 2002 when Rice decided 'all my future work would be dedicated to the Lord.'
—USA Today

'The stars aligned for Craig, and he had this epiphany,' explains David Rocchio, recounting his business partner’s concern about America’s future prosperity when he came into the office the next morning.
—The Christian Science Monitor

Lavin’s epiphany came at half-time of a game against North Carolina on Dec. 23, when he decided to implement a full-court defense full time.
—Sports Illustrated